Happy New Year.

I hope you enjoyed your New Year celebrations and welcomed in 2011 in style with a wee dram of your favourite Jura malt. The island brought in the bells with some of the local musicians playing in the Jura Pub, it’s an annual tradition here on the island and a great time was had by all.

I love the festive season. Great company, lovely food and brilliant TV. In fact I thought the TV was exceptionally good this year with one particular show outshining all the blockbuster movies!

I am of course talking about the two part series ‘Three men Go To Scotland’ on BBC2 in the UK. It featured none other than yours truly, welcoming well-known presenters and comedians Rory McGrath, Dara O’Briain and Griff Rhys Jones to the Isle of Jura. The guys enjoyed a great time on the island and I had the great pleasure in welcoming Rory as the first Honorary Master Diurach here at the distillery.

If you missed it first time round, don’t worry, part one is being repeated at 11:45pm (GMT) this Saturday and part two this Sunday at 11:30pm (GMT) all on BBC2 in the UK. So set some time aside, pour yourself a wee dram and drink in some beautiful scenery.

Don’t worry if you’re not in the UK, you won’t miss out! You can also click here to visit my blog on the Jura website to find out all about the show.

I’m off to practice my poems for Burns night!

Slainte

Willie Cochrane
Jura Distillery Manager

P.S. If you have friends or family who also share your passion for Jura whisky and might like to become Diurachs send them to www.isleofjura.com where they’ll discover more about our mystical isle.